XLR8R TV Ep. 60: Flying Lotus' High Score

Steven Ellison, our favorite sculptor of hazy, spacy laptop beats, is no stranger to the comforting bleeps and bloops of the Nintendo generation. He name-checks Mortal Kombat 2 as an influence and credits the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim with giving him his first big break. Here, 'FlyLo' shows off his fluid style as he switches with ease between discussing musical legends in the family (great-aunt Alice Coltrane, cousin Ravi Coltrane) and kicking ass on Street Fighter and Galaxian.
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[@Mr9]

got to take a pic with this cat when he was in san jo on friday, wish i had seen this video before then so i could talk some marvel vs capcom 2 wit him!

[@Nina513]

He's fuckin' genius...
I would love to see him live one day....
Music at its best...

[@gamesb4bed]

Those Bleeps and Bloops are comforting, FlyLo. Keep em coming.

[@illogick9062]

Emmanuel Rivera it's called the Monome it's an opensource controller. Really cool, and pretty pricy...

[@espozito]

awesome, this is the first interview ive seen with him...its really cool hearing him talk about his musical family and all that. Oh yeah, those of you confused about his last comment, don't take it too seriously.

[@jloker77]

one of the most underrated
muscial geniuss
imo

[@bearsandvodka]

@bearsandvodka oh thats auntie's harp dude

[@Doct0rG]

Finally got around to watching the whole bio vid after it being on his myspace for a long-ass while and all but confirms that he is my favorite person in the history of time. Dude's seriously like my soul mate, no homo

[@AMOKIAN]

COOLNESS!!!!!!!

[@TheQwerty92x]

@SewermanXaul same drum sample. it's a sample from Ansley Dunbar's Retaliation - Watch 'n' Chain

[@razedeezy]

I remember the 1st time listening to "Los Angeles". It was nighttime and the stars were out. This is alien music.

[@DivineZeal]

SUPER SMARTS HE IS

[@ChuOnWax]

Refreshing'!

[@AMOKIAN]

ME TOO!!!!!

[@joshmendes83]

GREAT interview with a f*cking legend!

[@FranciscoShreds]

FUCK YES! FlyLo plays marvel! That's the dopest shit ever! just when you thought the dude couldn't get anymore amazing.

[@alphasold13r]

@wcm13179 He has PLENTY of times, in his song "Aunties Harp", he samples her music and its the first song playing in this video. lol

[@astralacuity]

@jloker77 I think there's a fundamental difference between underrated and unpreferred- and even at that, he is quite popular in an already esoteric scene (especially compared to pop music) but a genius nonetheless.

[@chickenpotpie84]

Nice vid!

[@leebeer]

Big props to the aphex twin of dubstep. I love to have smoke with him, he just seems like such a nice guy, very down to earth for such a genius

[@dakingofdano]

@MosDef3000 Ableton Live

[@JonnoThomas]

Just because radio doesn't play him does not mean hi is "underrated"

[@virgilsupreme]

@jloker77 amsterdam baby!

[@leebeer]

@americannable it died there too

[@JUSTICIOUS]

Look at the 00:54 looks like the ball goes to his mouth.

[@nmh2112]

TIM AND ERIC

[@LLMelvinL]

I didnt he did that beat for adult swim.

[@tequillaroze7]

YO !! type in [ EAT PRAY LOVE & RHYME ] that [ FLYING LOTUS ] sh*t..goes hard & [ ROZE ] spits nice !!

[@kiddohmega]

3:15

[@NOGGINSTRUMENTALS]

What is that shit he's using next to the beer at 00:03 ??

[@onigun05]

wow, Flying Lotus is a real cool dude
great interview
MvC2 rules...hahaha

[@doombuh]

the producer of this,has the same exact name as my girlfriend.wow how amazing

[@SpawnoftheEd]

marvel vs capcom2 for the dreamcast: best fighter ever... this man speaks the truth!

[@UrbanCrunkMovement]

@leebeer he probably meant "LA beat" culture, which is the name the brainfeeder et al movement has acquired. I'm Canadian so I don't give a f*** but I have heard it called that.

[@virgilsupreme]

@jloker77 he's not underrated. venues are always full here. or are you saying that he doesn't get enough play on tv?

[@jloker77]

@virgilsupreme where @

[@HBCult]

great story. adult swim got him to make music hahaha

[@djSpinege]

haha at the end he talks about flipping the price is rite song, haha check out my channel cuz i did that already.

[@Corjai]

Oh shit! FLYING LOTUS FEATURES A FEMALE MC, CORJAI ON PAPER CRANE GANG REMIX!!!! CHECK IT OUT NOW, GO TO CORJAI PAGE!

[@GPXXX]

Interview was allright! But really FLyLo, is life about who gets the hightest score? I am not taking that remark seriously.

[@MosDef3000]

what music software he possible use? the beats are nuts.

[@bearsandvodka]

WHATS THAT BEAT PLAYING FIRST 25 SECONDS?

[@jloker77]

@astralacuity well hes not on mtv , radio etc...which is why he's unpreferred.Nowadays people willl like anything on the radio & television.It takes real ears to go out of ones way to get out of the river of mainstream bullshit to listen to real music,again just My Opinion.

[@MrSafeboss]

what show is he talking about at the end during the creds?

[@davidwave4]

@americannable dub step isn't just Skrillex, but also James Blake, SBTRKT and Flying Lotus. The Americanized version of dub step is the awful kind.